Every flight into Mallorca lands at Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI), on the edge of Palma, and from there our ten hotels are anything from 12 minutes to 71 minutes away. This page sets out every realistic way to each of them: the city bus, the island buses and the old Sóller train, the official taxi meter, a private transfer and a hire car, with the typical drive to each door.
The short answer
For our two old-town hotels in Palma, take a taxi from the rank (12 to 18 minutes, about €17 to €21 by day) or EMT's A1 bus for €5, which runs from 05:30 until about 03:10 and stops three minutes' walk from Es Princep. For the Tramuntana, the far corners and late landings, a private transfer booked ahead is the simple answer: Sóller is 34 minutes away, Deià 45, Formentor and Canyamel 71. For Castell Son Claret, Cap Vermell and Can Ferrereta, collect a hire car at the airport.
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The best bus on the island for our guests: it stops at Porta des Camp, three minutes' walk from Es Princep and about 500 metres from Can Cera, and at Plaça d'Espanya for the Sóller train and TIB's buses.
Cheap and frequent to Sóller, and the 203 stops a minute's walk from Belmond La Residencia. With luggage and a change at the Estació Intermodal, it suits light travellers on a daytime flight.
The wooden train through the mountains, five minutes' walk from L'Avenida at the Sóller end. A day out in itself rather than a transfer: take the A1 to Plaça d'Espanya and walk to the station.
None stops near our hotels: the A11 ends about 15 minutes by car from Castell Son Claret, and the A42 and A51 stop well short of Canyamel and Santanyí.
Always at the rank outside arrivals and fair value for Palma: about €17 to Es Princep by day. For the longer runs the meter adds up, and a fixed price booked ahead is the calmer choice.
The driver tracks your flight and waits in arrivals with a name sign, so a late landing costs nothing. Our pick for Formentor, Deià, Sóller, Fornalutx and Estellencs, and for families with luggage.
Essential at Castell Son Claret, Cap Vermell and Can Ferrereta, and useful at most of the rest. Our car hire page has the deposits, the rules and the parking at each hotel.
Formentor peninsula
It is 71 minutes to the far end of the island with no airport bus near it, and a taxi on the meter comes to about €96 by day, so a fixed-price driver is the better deal.
A driver takes you 45 minutes straight to the door in Deià; the A1 and TIB's 203, which stops a minute's walk away, work only for light travellers by day.
Es Capdellà
Inland on its own estate, 38 minutes from the airport, with little public transport around it, so collect the car where you land and park free on the estate.
Canyamel, east coast
It is 71 minutes to Canyamel, about €99 by taxi on the day meter, and dinner in any town means a drive, so the car pays for itself; parking is free.
Santanyí
Santanyí is 42 minutes away, mostly on the Ma-19, and every beach is a drive from the hotel, so a car collected at the airport is the way to arrive.
Palma, old town
Twelve minutes and about €17 by day from the rank, or the A1 to Porta des Camp, three minutes' walk from the door.
Palma, old town
A taxi takes about 18 minutes through the old town's one-way streets for about €21 by day; the A1's nearest stops are about 500 metres away through the lanes, a long way with bags.
Sóller
It is 34 minutes through the Sóller tunnel; the hotel has no parking and a driver sets you down at the door, while the A1 and 204 bus cost under €10 if you travel light.
Estellencs
Estellencs is 49 minutes away on the coast road, and although TIB's 202 stops at the door, it is an hour from Palma and a change from the A1, so a driver is simpler.
Fornalutx
The village is 41 minutes away with no airport bus and its car parks 200 metres from the door, so a driver who brings you as close as the lanes allow is the easy arrival.
Mallorca's taxis run on one island tariff, the official 2025 rates published by Palma's council: €2.50 flag fall and €1.20 a km on weekdays from 07:00 to 21:00, and €2.85 and €1.35 at night, at weekends and on holidays. Every trip from the airport adds a €4.65 supplement, and the minimum fare from the airport is €16.95, covering the first 7 km. Luggage, pushchairs and paying by card cost nothing extra; five or six passengers add €3. Trips to Estellencs add a €4.26 mountain supplement.
The figures below are our estimates from that tariff and the routed distance, by day and at night.
Yes. EMT's A1 leaves the arrivals stop on Floor 0 every 15 minutes on weekdays and every 12 at weekends for most of the day, from 05:30 until about 03:10. It carries only airport passengers and calls at the Palau de Congressos, Porta des Camp, Plaça d'Espanya and Passeig de Mallorca, about 25 minutes out. The fare is €5.
For the Tramuntana, change at Plaça d'Espanya, where TIB's buses leave from the Estació Intermodal: the 204 to Sóller about every half hour, the 203 to Valldemossa, Deià and Sóller, and the 202 to Esporles, Banyalbufar and Estellencs. A contactless bank card works on all of them, tapping in and out.
For Palma, a late landing is easy: the taxi rank is always staffed and the A1 runs until about 03:10. Outside Palma, the island buses thin out in the evening and each needs a change in the city, so after dark a driver booked ahead is the answer: they follow your flight and wait in arrivals with your name, however late you land. A taxi on the meter to Formentor or Canyamel costs about €108 at night.
Typically, the airport is 12 to 18 minutes from our Palma hotels, 34 to 49 from Sóller, Fornalutx, Deià, Estellencs and Castell Son Claret, 42 from Can Ferrereta and 71 from Formentor and Canyamel. The A1 back runs from Passeig de Mallorca and Plaça d'Espanya from about 04:15. Any hotel will call a taxi, and a private transfer can be booked for the return at the same time as the arrival.
Questions people ask
Take a taxi from the rank, 12 to 18 minutes and about €17 to €21 by day, or EMT's A1 bus for €5, which stops at Porta des Camp at the edge of the old town. The A1 runs from 05:30 until about 03:10.
About €44 by day and €49 at night on the island meter for the 31 km to L'Avenida, including the €4.65 airport supplement. The drive takes about 34 minutes through the Sóller tunnel.
Not directly. Take the A1 to Plaça d'Espanya (€5), then TIB's 204 from the Estació Intermodal, about every half hour and 30 minutes to the centre, for €2.70 by card or €4.50 in cash.
About 71 minutes, 74 km, mostly on the Ma-13 motorway. A taxi on the meter comes to about €96 by day, so a fixed-price transfer booked ahead is often better value.
Not from the airport itself: take the A1 to Plaça d'Espanya and walk to the station. The train takes an hour to Sóller and costs €23 single, with seven departures a day from 10:10.
For Castell Son Claret, Cap Vermell and Can Ferrereta, yes. For Palma's old town and Sóller, no. A week from the airport started at €157 for a June 2027 manual on Expedia on 10 October 2026.
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